Announcements

The American Arbitration Association (AAA) is offering a CLE seminar titled Arbitration of Intellectual Property & Licensing Disputes: Artful Drafting and Savvy Advocacy - A Winning Combination this month. The session will be presented on Friday, March 19 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Penn Club, 30 West 44th Street, New York City. Speakers for this...

The firm of Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP this month and next is continuing its series of Wednesday morning CLE seminars on issues affecting in-house counsel. All programs take place at the Brown Raysman offices, 900 Third Avenue, New York City. The upcoming programs, for which no registration fee is charged, will be presented on the...

Business are facing increasing claims that products or services they offer violate some type of intellectual property protection. To help corporate attorneys deal with this situation, WESFACCA, the Westchester/Southern Connecticut Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America, this month will present a CLE seminar titled Weathering the Onslaught...

The Committee on Privacy of the Greater New York Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America (NY ACCA) on Thursday, March 4 is sponsoring a CLE seminar titled The Facts About FACTA: The 2003 Fair Credit Reporting Act Amendments. The program will focus on the new Fair Credit Reporting Act Amendments (FCRA), which tightened regulation of the...

The Greater New York Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America this month is offering a CLE seminar titled Assessing International Employment Risks, hosted by the firm of Paul Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP. The program will take place on Wednesday, March 31 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Paul Hastings offices, 75 East 55th Street, New York...

The Greater New York Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America and the firm of White & Case LLP this month will offer a CLE seminar titled East Meets West: European Financial Regulation as the EU Expands. The program will take place on Thursday, March 18 from noon to 2 p.m. at the White & Case offices, 1155 Sixth Avenue, New York...

The Greater New York Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America (NY ACCA) and the firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton this month will present a CLE seminar titled Recent Developments in Mergers & Acquisitions: What In-House Lawyers Need to Know. The program will take place on Wednesday, March 10 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the...

Conducting workplace investigations properly is essential to effectively resolving an array of workplace issues, ranging from allegations of sexual harassment to claims of corporate malfeasance. To help attorneys understand how some colleagues have handled this successfully, the Boston Bar Association this month will present a CLE seminar titled Spotlight...

Bankruptcy remains one of the most viable areas of law for general practitioners. The New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE) had this in mind when it scheduled a CLE seminar this month titled Bankruptcy Basics, a session aimed at attorneys who normally do not handle bankruptcy cases. The program will take place on Thursday, February...

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York will feature this month a CLE seminar titled Women in Negotiation: Practical Tips to Strengthen Your Negotiation Skills (For You & Your Clients). The program is scheduled for Thursday, February 5 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the House of the Association, 42 West 44th Street, New York City. The co-chairs for...

The Greater New York Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America (NY ACCA) and the firm of Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP this month are planning a CLE seminar titled On Appeal: IP, Media and Products Liability. The program will take place on Wednesday, February 11 from noon to 2:30 p.m. at the Righa Royal Hotel, West 54th Street,...

The Members-in-Transition Committee of the Greater New York Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America (NY ACCA) has scheduled its next session for Tuesday, February 10, where David Garber of Princeton Legal Staffing will make a presentation. The session will take place at the offices of Kraft Kennedy and Lesser, Inc., 360 Lexington Avenue,...

On November 13, OnPoint Events Group, Inc. introduced the first event in its Executive Dinner and Mentoring Series: Aspiring to Be General Counsel. The event featured a panel discussion in which five general counsel - Charles W. Gerdts of Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP, James Khan of Cornell Medical College, William B. Lytton of Tyco International, Inc.,...

° The Greater New York Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America (NY ACCA), the Committee on Pro Bono and Legal Services of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and the City Bar Fund this month are co-sponsoring a seminar titled Pro Bono Opportunities 2004. The session will take place on Wednesday, February 25 from 4:30 to 7:30...

The firm of Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP this month is planning a CLE seminar titled Annual Employment Law Update on behalf of the Greater New York Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America. The program, scheduled for Tuesday, February 10, will be a briefing on recent significant changes that have occurred in the area of...

The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) last month hosted a networking reception, Celebrating Diversity in the Bar, as part of its 127th Annual Meeting at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. The event was held in collaboration with minority bar associations to introduce attorneys to opportunities for involvement and professional development...

The 2004 Corporate Counsel Institute has been scheduled for Wednesday, February 25 by the New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association (NJCCA), the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE) and the New Jersey State Bar Association Corporate & Business Law Section. This comprehensive institute is designed to provide in-house lawyers with...

The Northeast Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America believes it is time for in-house attorneys to review their firms' equity compensation plans and prepare for option expensing, new institutional investor voting guidelines, more onerous stock exchange listing requirements, and many other recent design and regulatory requirements. With...

WESFACCA this month has scheduled a CLE seminar titled Outsourcing: Critical Business and Legal Implications of Complex, Long-Term, Strategic Relationships. The program, co-sponsored by the WESFACCA IP Committee and the firm of Shaw Pittman LLP, will take place on Wednesday, February 11 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Greenwich Hyatt Regency Hotel in Old...

In response to numerous requests for a summary of the new Massachusetts Business Corporation Act (Chapter 156D), the Boston Bar Association (BBA) will present such a summary on Thursday, February 19 at a CLE seminar titled New Business Corporation Act. The presenters will be Stanley Keller, a partner at Palmer & Dodge LLC; Robert Nutt, a partner at...

Massachusetts CLE (MCLE) on Friday, February 20 is offering a seminar titled Employment Law for Business Lawyers and In-House Counsel. The session is designed to help attorneys effectively advise businesses on employment law matters, and assist business clients in avoiding employment law liability. The faculty of employment law specialists will explain...

The firm of Budd Larner will continue its CLE Seminar Series next with a program titled Software Licensing Agreements. The session will take place on Wednesday, March 3 at The Sheraton at Woodbridge Place, Iselin, NJ. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. Participants will learn how to negotiate more equitable contracts for software licensing, support and...

Bankruptcy remains one of the most viable areas of law for general practitioners. The New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE) had this in mind when it scheduled a CLE seminar this month titled Bankruptcy Basics, a session aimed at attorneys who normally do not handle bankruptcy cases. The program will take place on Thursday, February...

The 2003 Chief Legal Officer Survey, conducted annually by the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and Altman Weil, Inc., was released last month. The survey reports that cost concerns are driving chief legal officers' hiring and firing decisions in 2003. And while a majority reports stable or improved operations in light of new corporate governance...

The firm of Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross P.C. this month is planning a Meet-the-Author seminar titled What Lurks in Your Computer: Will It Help or Hurt You? The program, set for Thursday, January 8, is part of the firm's Avoiding Missteps in Employment Practices Series that focuses on a full range of employment issues. Each seminar is designed to...